Windmill



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. E. L. KENOYER.

Patented Mar. 1'7, 1891.

WVINDMILL.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

E. L. KENOYER.

WINDMILL.

Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

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'EDMUND L. KENOYER, OF HANFORD, CALIFORNIA.

WINDMILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,348, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed June 25, 1890.

fierial No. 356,687. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND L. KENoYEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hanford, in the county of Tulare and State of California, have invented a new and useful \Vindmill, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in windmills.

. The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of windmills and enable the parts to be adjusted and the power regulated to any degree, and to counterbalance the operative parts and enable them to move with regularity. and ease, and to prevent the usual jerky motion of windmills.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for locking the wheel out of the wind, adapted to be operated by hand and capable of automatically locking the wheel out of the wind in case of heavy storms that would otherwise damage the windmill.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a windmill constructed in accordance with this invention, the parts being in operative position Fig. 2 is an elevation, the wheel being out of the wind. Fig. 3 is aplan view, the parts being in position shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a central vertical sectional view on the line a: of Fig. 3.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a tower provided with a vertical tube or pipe 2, which forms the pivot of a frame or turn-table 3, that is rotatively mounted upon the tower and provided with a central opening 4, and bearings 5 arranged upon opposite sides of the opening, and having journaled in them a shaft 6, which is provided with a crank '7, that is centrally arranged in the opening 4. of the frame and connected by a pitman 8 with a lever 9, fulcrumed in abifurcation 10 of a standard 11, and connected at a point between the standard and pitman with a pump-rod 12. The standard and the pitman are provided with series of perforations 13 and 14, by means of which the lever 9 can be adjusted vertically, and the latter is provided with series of similar perforations 15 and 16, which are adapted to register, respectively, with the perforations of the pitman and the standard, and thereby enable the power and fulcrum-points of the lever to be adjusted, whereby the power of the lever and the mill can be regulated and adjusted to any desired degree. The end 17 of the lever arranged upon the other side of the fulcrum-point is provided with an adjustable weight 18, adapted to be moved along the arm 17 to balance the parts and enable the wheel to perform about the same amount of work on the upward and downward strokes of the pump-rod and prevent the usual jerky motion in windmills at the downstroke of the pitman or pump rod. A vane 19 is hinged by a rod 20, arranged at one side of the standard and having its lower end secured to the turn-table or frame and its upper. end arranged in a perforation 21 of an car 22, formed integral with a bracket 23, that extends horizontally from the standard, and is provided with a central circular opening 24, registering with a similar opening 25 of the frame and receiving the upper end of the pipe or tube 2, and the said vane is provided at its inner end with a curved arm 26, extending upon both sides of it and having one end forming an eye to receive the rod 20 and the other end connected to a cord 27, which passes through a perforation 28 of an arm 29 of the standard, and is provided with the usual weight to hold the vane at right angles to the Wheel and maintain the latter in the wind. The vane 19 is connected at a point interme diate of its ends with an end of acord 30,which passes through a perforation 31 in the upper end of a post 32 and through an eye 33 of a weighted lever 3t and extends to the bracket 23 and passes down the vertical tube or pipe 2, and the bracket 23 is provided with a perforated projection 35 to guide the cord to the tube or pipe. The weighted lever is fulcrumed at the end of a horizontal arm 36, extending from the post 32, and the lever 34 is provided at one end with a weight and the eye 33 and at the other end with a catch 37, having an inclined portion 38 and a shoulder 39, and

the vane has its lower edge beveled at 40 and arranged to engage the inclined portion 38 and depress the lever and carry the vane back of the shoulder. The vane can be locked by the weighted lever by operating the latter by hand and pulling upon the cord 30, and the vane is released by slightly jerking the cord sufficient to raise the weighted end of the lever and depress the catch, and the vane in case of heavy winds will automatically ongage the catch of the weighted lever and carry the wheel out of the wind.

From the foregoing description and the ac-' companying drawings the construction, operation, and advantages of the windmill will readily be understood.

What I claim is- 1. In a windmill, the combination of the frame, the vane hinged to the frame, the post 32, the lever fulcrumed on the post and provided at one end with a weight and having at the other end a catch consisting of the inclined portion 38 and the shoulder 37, and means for releasing the vane, substantially as described.

2. In a windmill, the combination of the frame, the vane hinged to the frame, the post 32, provided with a horizontal arm, the weighted lever fulcrumed upon the arm and prov vided at one end with the catch 37 and at the other end with the weight, and an eye 33, and the cord 30, having one end secured to the vane and passing through the eye of the lever and adapted to operate the same, substantially as described.

3. In a Windmill, the combination of the tower, the frame rotatively mounted upon the tower, the vertical standard rising from the same and having its upper end bifurcated and provided with a series of perforations 13, the crank-shaft journaled in suitable bearings of the same, the lever fulcrumed in the bifurcation of the standard and provided with series of perforations and 16, the pitman 8, having one end connected to the crank-shaft and the other end provided with perforations 14 and connected to the lever, the adjustable weight arranged upon the end 17 of the lever, and the pump-rod connected to the lever at a point between the standard and the pitman, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND L. KENOYER.

Vitnesses:

JAMES CULLEN, JOHN N. KING. 

